The Toronto Maple Leafs secured head coach Mike Babcock and he in turned reportedly convinced former Red Wings assistant coach Jim Hiller to make the jump with him. Now it looks like Babcock is trying to recruit his other coaches, per Sportsnet.

Babcock and the Leafs have reportedly expressed an interest in assistant coaches Andrew Brewer and Tony Granato. Brewer, like Hiller, is likely to follow Babcock, but Granato might be more complicated because Detroit reportedly wants him back.

Granato joined the Detroit Red Wings last year after being let go by the Pittsburgh Penguins when Dan Bylma was fired. Granato is a former player with 773 games worth of NHL experience and he also served as the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche for parts of three seasons.

Hiller is a former winner of the Canadian Hockey League’s Coach of the Year Award. He also served as a video coach for Hockey Canada and worked with Babcock during the 2014 Winter Games before joining the Red Wings for the 2014-15 season.

PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

Tampa Bay Lightning fans were treated to a Blades of Steel inspired show at Amalie Arena between periods. For those unfamiliar, Blades of Steel is an NES game from an era where its chief competitor was simply titled Ice Hockey. (Puck Daddy)

The Chicago Blackhawks have a perfect playoff record in games where Marian Hossa scores. (Chris Kuc)

Taylor Hall seems very upbeat as he prepares for the 2015-16 campaign. (Edmonton Journal)

Given how young the Lightning are, you would think that they’ll be one of the league’s top teams for years to come and they might be, but it’s not easy to pull off in the salary cap era. (Tampa Bay Times)

Paul Kariya is spending his retirement surfing in California and doesn’t seem interested in trading that in to work as a hockey coach or part of a team’s front office. “My love was for playing. If I could still play, I’d still be playing out there,” Kariya said. (Vancouver Sun)

Mike Amendola is no longer with the Carolina Hurricanes. The former chief financial officer spent 35 years with the organization, making him their longest-tenured front-office employee until his departure. (Washington Times)

The Anaheim Ducks had an opportunity to advance to the Stanley Cup Final tonight but Chicago had other ideas. Wednesday’s game might not have been the blowout that the 5-2 final score implied, but the Ducks certainly left plenty to be desired in Game 6.

Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf deserved some of the blame for the outcome tonight and he willingly pointed a finger at himself.

Getzlaf was just 2-for-10 on the draw and finished with a minus-three rating. He was also bailed out when he coughed up the puck in the Ducks’ zone midway through the first period, leading to Brandon Saad nearly scoring what would have been the first goal of the game.

He certainly didn’t single-handily lose this one though.

“None of us were good, and it starts with me,” Getzlaf said, according to the Ducks’ Twitter feed. “I had too many turnovers and mistakes. We need to regroup and get ready.”

Given that this is the Ducks’ first trip to the Western Conference Final since 2007, this is largely uncharted territory for many of them. That’s not the case with Chicago. Still, the Ducks will have the home ice advantage and they’ll get two days to prepare before Game 7 on Saturday.

In a Western Conference Final where the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks have each had their moments to shine, where neither squad has been able to keep the other down for long, it would have been almost anticlimactic if we were given anything less than the full seven games. Chicago guaranteed that we’ll get that deciding contest by earning a 5-2 victory tonight.

After losing Game 5 in no small part due to their terrible start, the Blackhawks came out strong tonight. They were initially dominant on the draw and had some great scoring chances, but Anaheim held on to maintain the scoreless tie through 20 minutes.

It wasn’t until midway through the second period that Chicago’s efforts were finally rewarded with Brandon Saad’s breakaway goal. Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane followed that up with a pair of goals, giving Chicago three markers in the span of less than four minutes. Duncan Keith assisted on all of those goals to tie his career-high, per the NHL’s Communications Department.

As both sides should be well aware at this point though, a 3-0 lead isn’t safe. While the final score was ultimately one-sided, Anaheim nearly came back as Patrick Maroon netted a power-play goal at 14:13 of the second period and Clayton Stoner added a controversial marker early in the third period.

The final frame was largely dominated by the Ducks, but the Blackhawks managed to hold on until Andrew Shaw provided them with some much needed insurance.

Shaw also collected an empty netter to bury this game.

That marks the first time Anaheim has lost in regulation since the playoffs began. Chicago needed to go to triple and double overtime to beat them in Games 2 and 4 respectively.

Game 7 will be played in Anaheim on Saturday. For Chicago to win this series, it will have to become the first team to earn back-to-back victories in the 2015 Western Conference Final.

Both Conference Finals series require a Game 7 for just 2nd time in expansion era (since 1967-68). The other instance was 2000. #StanleyCup

The Anaheim Ducks might have caught a critical break in the third period of Game 6 against the Chicago Blackhawks. Down 3-1, Anaheim’s Clayton Stoner scored with 18:03 remaining in regulation time. However, his marker was arguably aided by teammate Jakob Silfverberg, who bumped into Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford.

Judging by Crawford’s body language immediately following the goal, it seems safe to assume he felt it shouldn’t have counted. Nevertheless it did.

You can see that for yourself below:

Keep in mind that we have the benefit of instant replay, but that’s not something officials get when it comes to potential interference calls.

The Blackhawks will be eliminated from the playoffs if they lose tonight.